Apparatus for atomizing liquids, such as paints, inks, varnishes, &amp;c.



B. P. HALL, I APPARATUS FOR ATOIVIIZING LIQUIDS, SUCH AS PAINTS, INKS,VARNISHES, 81c.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE IB. I917- Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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BURTON 1'. HALL, OF FA'NWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

I TUB FOR ATOMIZING LIQUIDS, SUCH AS PAINTS, INKS, VARNISHES, &0.

Patented Apr. a, rat.

Application filed June 18, 1917. Serial No. 175,482.

To all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I BURTON P. HALL, a citizen of the United States,residin at Fanwood, in the county of Union and tate of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Apparatus for Atomizing Liquids, such asPaints Inks, Varnishes, and Others, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in an apparatus for atomizingliquids, in which a gas, such as air, is employed to induce a current ofliquid, such as pamt, and atomize the same, and it consists in the novelfeatures, hereinafter more fully described.

The objects of my improvement are:

First: to produce an apparatus for atomizing liquids, wherein therequisite air under pressure is obtained preferably by manual or footpower.

Second: to permit the air compressing means of my apparatus to be keptcomparatively stationary, while the atomizer is adapted to be movedfreely to and from any object thereb affording facility for applying thejet 0 atomized liquid to said object. h

Third: to provide an extensible connection from the air compressingmeans to the atomizer. 1

Fourth: to have the entire apparatus portable, simple, durable andinexpensive; and fifth, to improve the details of design in both the aircompressor and the atomizer.

I attain these objects by the apparatus illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my apparatus,including the foot board of the air compressor; Fig. 2 is an endelevation of the lower end of the air compressor.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the views of thedrawings.

11 designates the cylinder of an air compressor, containing the piston12; 13 is the piston rod and 14 the handle for manually operating thepiston 12., To keep the cylinder- 11 in the position shown in thedrawings while working the piston 12, I provide the foot board 15-16,which is made in two parts 15 and 16, collapsibly connected to eachother by means of the hinges 17, and they may be kept in line by asuitable latch, which is not shown in the drawings.

The lower end of the cylinder 11 is shown as connected at its lower endto a stirrup 18, which may be connected to the foot board 15 by suitablefastenings, not shown in the drawin The oot board 1516 serves as a meansfor keeping the air pump vertical and statlonary by means of the foot ofthe operator.

19 is a hose nip le connection from the lower end of the cylmder 11 to aflexible tube 20, which is provided for passing the compressed air fromthe cylinder 11 to the container 22 of the atomizer, to which said tube20 is connected by means of the nipple 21.

The length of the tube 20 may be much greater than is shown in thedrawings, thereby afi'ording freedom of motion for said container 22,which is provided with a cap 31, which carries the suction tube 23,adapted to reach down almost to the bottom of the container 22.

The upper end of the suction tube 23 is open, and adapted to registerwith the lower end of one of a number of liquid discharge nozzles 30,carried by a revolving sector 26, which is pivotally connected to thebridge 27 by means of the post 25, which carries the stationary nozzle24, made in one with said nip le 21.

28 is t e inner end of said post 25, which may be riveted to said cap31; 29 is a vent passing through said cap 31 and adapted to allowatmospheric air to replace the liquid discharged from the container 22.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows:

By stepping uponthe foot board 1516 the operator is enabled'to work thepiston 12 by means of the handle 14 at ease with one hand, whileapplying the jet of liquid from the nozzle 30 as atomized and directedby the jet of air from the nozzle 24.

The long flexible tube 20 permits the continuous moving of the container22 into any convenient position for the work, which is at hand, withoutmoving the larger and more cumbersome air pump.

The sector 26 is referably made with a few nozzles 30, of iiferentsizes, which arereadily replaceable by revolving said sector 26, whichis also adapted to act as a stopper for the upper end of said suctiontube 23, when none of the nozzles 30 is in registration with saidsuction tube 23.

Many changes could be made in my apparatus for atomizing liquids Withinthe scope of my invention.

I do not therefore restrict myself to the details of design of myapparatus as shown;

but I intend to include also all mechanical equivalents and obviousmodifications of the same.

What I claim as m invention, and desire I 5 to secure by Letters atentis:

In a plortable apparatus for atomizing liquids t e combination of amanual air compressor, an atomizer, a flexible tube, connecting said aircompressor to said atomizer, and a collapsible foot board connected at16 the lower end of said air compressor, said foot board being adaptedto keep said air compressor. substantially stationary by means of thefoot of the operator.

BURTON P. HALL.

